Thanks to its international activity, carried out through the management and the participation in many research and evaluation projects, also financed by the European Commission (Cultura2000, Eumedis, Euromed Heritage, Formites, Incomed, Info2000, Interreg, Leonardo, Life, Minerva, Raphael, Scientific Framework, ENPI), the Institute has developed a wide partnership network which includes almost 1000 institutions coming from more than eighty international countries.

The membership at the ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts ) – whose members are 600 schools of art and restoration, 90% of public universities – offers new opportunities for participation in European projects . One of the seven members of the Executive Board of the ELIA is Dr. Emanuele Amodei . In 2016 the ELIA will organize the biennial conference in Florence of all international schools, creating new conditions for further development of European projects 2013-20 .

Since 1980 the Issuer has promoted and participated in dozens of technical and socio-cultural projects, sometimes funded by the Italian Ministries and foreign governments, in the following countries :

Among the many projects made with Italian and foreign funds since 1996 , we focus those ones related to both the creation of restoration workshops and specialized training of local technicians on site and / or at Florence .

• Albania , Tirana : paintings on canvas and wood panel , in collaboration with the Institute of World Heritage IMK .

• Turkey , Istanbul: paintings, in collaboration with the Dolmabahce Palace and the Italian Foreign Ministry.

In 2014 the Institute has planned a number of projects in various countries (Algeria, Saudi Arabia , Brazil, Jordan , Libya, Poland , Qatar, Slovenia and Turkey) where there are established relationships with ministries and public and private universities.